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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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"I mean, the Internet, for all intents and purposes, is still pretty lively. But increasingly - and this is just beginning to happen now - Putin - before, Putin's people would go after major figures who might be a threat". Could someone explain the second sentence. What does it mean, as for me it sounds rather patchy and vague
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The transcriber made an error - it reads much better as two sentences, not one. But increasingly, and this is just beginning to happen now . B efore, Putin's people would go after major figures who might be a threat.
- The transcriber made an error - it reads much better as two sentences, not one.
- But increasingly, and this is just beginning to happen now .
- B efore, Putin's people would go after major figures who might be a threat.
- But now they're using very vague extremism laws to go after, for instance, one ordinary Russian who simply said, "*** doesn't exist," on the Internet, and he is now being prosecuted.
- So you've got this selective intimidation which has wide-ranging ripples.
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The transcriber made an error - it reads much better as two sentences, not one.
But increasingly,andthis is just beginning to happen now. Before, Putin's people would go after major figures who might be a threat. But now they're using very vague extremism laws to go after, for instance, one ordinary Russian who simply said, "*** doesn't exist," on the Internet, an
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